Fashion Friday: Edition take me down to paradise city

About a week ago, Caroline and I went in Gap. They had a really cute dress on one of the display models and Caroline really wanted it. But I’m hesitant to buy her anything these days because she prefers to dress like she’s on her way to work out at the gym so I told her we’d wait and see.

Which is code for “I’ll see if you forget about it”.

But she kept talking about the dress and a few days later I went back to Gap and discovered it was 30% off. So I bought it. And I bought the denim vest that they had paired with it. I have always loved a denim vest. You can take the girl out of the early 90s, but you can’t take the early 90s out of the girl.

Caroline was so excited about the dress, but she took one look at the vest and said, “No thank you”. Really? You don’t want to help your mother in her effort to bring back the denim vest?

No. She didn’t.

Never mind the fact that I have held onto my denim vest all these years just waiting for its triumphant return to glory.

Then on Wednesday morning I put on my new pair of yellow jeans with a denim shirt. And I looked in the mirror and realized I was one perm and a Brighton belt away from my 1991 self.

Which may explain why I was so excited to hear a Guns N’ Roses song on the radio later that day and the sweet sounds of Axl Rose reminded me that all I need is just a little patience.

Some of you asked about turquoise jewelry the other day. I really like these earrings. And this site has a lot of really cute turquoise pieces and pretty reasonable prices.

10. There is no 10. Because I numbered wrong and just realized I don’t have a tenth thing. And I’m too tired to look for something. So here’s number ten, I’m an idiot. All that math homework I’ve been helping with doesn’t seem to be paying off.

Unless you count my new and improved knowledge of cylinders and spheres.

Comments

Loving anything that hides my middle. And my butt. And arms. Really wishing for those early 90’s back, when baggy sweatshirts, and high waist jeans hide it all. Just not the hair. Do not want the hair.
Happy Friday!

I really like those earrings, and the shorts are so cute…I’d just need to go down about 42 sizes before I could wear them. I bought a pair of shorts b/c we’re taking our first family vacation next month and it’s HOT in Florida. But I think I might scare the Floridians when I wear them. :s

Totally in agreement on the caftan dress…would look awesome with white skinnies.

Love all of your picks but I have decided I will not be wearing any shorts this year. Capris only. Too much cottage cheese going on. I really love the Jade caftan “dress” but would definitely have to wear with jeans.
Have a great weekend!

I know this is asking ALOT, but would you consider a Friday Fashion for a modest 13 year old with a long lean body? Everything I find is TOO short for her 5’6″ frame! Thanks for your consideration. 🙂 Love your blog and think of you as a friend. Is that too weird?

In news completely unrelated to this post, I needed to come here and tell you that yesterday I was listening to a Big/Boo podcast from 2010. (I was bored at work and did some creeping around in the archives.)

Anyway, you were telling Sophie that you heard somewhere that if you aren’t a morning person it’s because your brain gets dehydrated at night and that allegedly, if you guzzle down a bunch of water, it will make you nicer in the mornings. SO… I tried it this morning. And for the record, I did not feel happier about being awake. But I am going to give it a few more tries! I am hopeful that my poor morning-person husband may have a nicer morning companion if I can just HYDRATE MY BRAIN! Wish me luck…

Oh, 3rd grade math. It makes me sad. We decided to be bad parents and let the shapes go this year. My relationship with my son won out over him knowing the difference between a pentagon and a hexagon. And since the STAAR test doesn’t count this year, I have dropped that off my worry list too. My brain can handle only SO MUCH! Feeling your pain there.

your #10 could be the sandals from yesterday. you were just ahead of yourself. so, my question is about the budha bags—-do you wear these with just anything, not paying any attention to if it matches? I’m so old school with matching shoes and purses and outfits etc. consequently, I have generic purses that go with anything, but would like to reach out of my box and have something more colorful—but I just get pulled back into my box.

so your blog crashed while i was clicking on your picks so now i am too scared to look – hahaha – after a LONG hiatus I am coming back to blogging – staring at facebook is only so fun when you now have to work to stalk people…
sad to say – i’m with Caroline and the other 300 million+ in the country – no denim vests 😉

saw this website on pinterest (maybe i’m behind the times) but it’s awesome!

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My name is Melanie and, in some strange twist of fate, I’m also known as Big Mama because I started this blog in July of 2006 when my daughter, Caroline, was not quite three years old and I was in the process of convincing her that BIG girls use the potty and BIG girls don’t have pacifiers, thus she thought BIG was the highest compliment in the land and began referring to me as BIG MAMA.